The once Richard squatted, leaning against the emerging dark red wall shadow behind him, whispering uneasily about something,
Meanwhile, Lu Li looked up ahead.
An eerie, thick black fog billowed not far ahead, mingled with a blood-like haze, from which children's piercing screams and laughter eerily echoed in the near distance.
Lu Li had experienced this scene before, and he followed the instructions on the wall, blocking his ears to safely pass this test.
What would Richard do?
The whispering Richard stiffened, uneasily looking toward the direction of the sounds coming from ahead, but seemingly unaware of the black fog moving toward him from a dozen meters away.
Yet it only took a moment before Richard widened his terror-filled eyes, dumbfoundedly staring at the solidifying black fog appearing before him.
As the blood-tinged black fog approached, the sounds gradually became clearer and audible.